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ing far beyond the other ; it has two anal fins ; 

 the first consisting of twenty, the last of sixteen 

 rays. The tail is almost even at the end ; the 

 first ray on each side is short, and composed of 

 a strong bone. The color of this fish is cine- 

 reous on the back and sides, and commonly 

 spotted with yellow ; the belly is white, but they 

 vary much, not only in color* but in shape, 

 particularly that of the head. The side line is 

 white and broad, strait, till it reaches opposite 

 the vent, when it bends towards the tail.f 



Gadus varius aut striatus. Asillus varius vel striatus. 2. Variable.. 



Schonfield in Raii Syn. Wil. ichth. \*J2. tab. L. 1. 



Pise. 54. Jig. 1. 



Ascan. Scon. 27. Raii syn. pise. 54. 



Gadus Callarias. Gm. Lin. De Dorset. Muller. iv. 80. 



Il60. Faun. Groenl. 144. 



Faun. Suec. 307- Le Dorse. Block Ichth. ii. 



Gadus dorso tripterygio, ore 128. tab. 63. 



cirrato, colore vario, maxilla Le Gade Callarias. De la 



superiore longiore, canda Cepede Hist, des Poissons. 



cequali. Arted. Gen. 20. ii. 409- 



Syn. 35. 



[IN Mr. Pennant's copy of the British Zoology, 

 is the following short note, with a reference to 



* Codlings are often taken of a yellow, orange, and even red 

 color, while they remain among the rocks, but on changing their 

 place assume the color of other cod fish. 



f De la Cepede in the second volume of the Histoire des 



